Species
Valid Extinct

Moanasaurus mangahouangae

(Wiffen 1980)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Mosasaurinae Subfamily
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Moanasaurus Genus
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Moanasaurus mangahouangae Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇿 New Zealand
2
Geological formations
Tahora
2
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
J. Wiffen. 1980. Moanasaurus, a new genus of marine reptile (Family Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 23(4):507-528 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
J. Wiffen. 1990. New mosasaurs (Reptilia; Family Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 33(1):67-85 DOI ↗
J. Wiffen. 1980. Moanasaurus, a new genus of marine reptile (Family Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 23(4):507-528 DOI ↗